Wellness

The president and Congress shouldnt feel obligated to sort out the future of U.S. health care in the space of a few months. But while they do, it's important to keep the existing system from weakening any further.

Many of the young people surveyed say health insurance and retirement are not enough to make a competitive benefits package, with so many carrying serious student debt.

Fearing running out of money in retirement, older workers continue on the job hunt, despite nearly two thirds of people aged 4574 saying AARP theyve been subject to age discrimination.

The 2017 Medical Plan Trends and Observations Report released by DirectPath and CEB finds deductibles for employer-sponsored health plans will remain relatively flat in 2017.

The Protecting Access to Care Act would restrict compensation available to anyone who goes to court to recover damages for injury caused by a doctor, hospital, nursing home, drug or medical device.

Seventy-one percent of respondents want the ban against denial of coverage for preexisting conditions to remain and 78 percent want children under 26 to continue being covered under parents health plans.